The Magazine of the American Society of Landscape Architects

FOREGROUND

46 NowWater fountains used to be everywhere but are no more; a public–private collaboration ensures seeds for landscape rehab; urban stormwater strategies are handicapped by a lack of common language; environmental justice feeds into the EPA’s new Clean Power Plan; and more.Edited by Timothy A. Schuler

70 Species
With boas, it’s not your breathing that stops; plus, lichens: two organisms for the price of one!By Constance Casey

80 InterviewWhere the Water Will Be
The writer Peter Annin talks about a relatively young compact to protect the Great Lakes, which is facing its first legal challenge and surely not its last.By Jennifer Reut

86 House CallOutside Looking In
Coen + Partners’ courtyard landscape for a new house in Chicago’s Wicker Park pushes the limits of rules about a property’s exposure.By Camille Lefevre

100 GoodsA Place to Park
These bike racks are secure and sexy.By Lisa Speckhardt

FEATURES

112 The Connector
Designing for equity in post-Katrina New Orleans means knowing when to make do and when to push. Diane Jones Allen, ASLA, is skilled at both.By Adam Regn Arvidson, FASLA

122 Street Theater
In St. Louis, the new Public Media Commons creates a home for art and free expression.By Bradford McKee

132 We Got fun. and Foam.
The frenetic playscape of Maggie Daley Park has already gained legions of small fans, but the way it holds to the parking garage below is a spectacle all its own.By Timothy A. Schuler

150 Deep Cut
A storied quarry in a working-class neighborhood of Chicago has become a park with an edge.By Zach Mortice

164 The Bison Begin Again
The stewards of a prairie restoration in Illinois are counting on reintroduced bison to establish its ecological balance.By Timothy A. Schuler